The 2025 DDoS Weapons Report shows that DDoS attacks are becoming more frequent, powerful, and sophisticated, shifting from pure volumetric floods toward application layer attacks targeting websites, APIs, and API gateways. A10 identified 12.3 million DDoS weapons globally, dominated by amplification devices and supported by over 120,000 active bots. Asia hosts the largest share of weapons and bots, driven by the scale of vulnerable IoT devices and rapid digital growth, while China, the United States, and Italy stand out as major sources when adjusted for population. Attacks increasingly combine DDoS with other threats such as ransomware and credential abuse, causing direct losses of up to hundreds of thousands of dollars per incident. The report concludes that traditional mitigation focus

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